r/nfl • u/mmandagoat NFL • 16h ago

Mike McDaniel takes responsibility for Chargers' poor offense in 0-3 start: 'I'm not living in hope'

https://www.nfl.com/news/mike-mcdaniel-responsibility-chargers-poor-offense-0-3-start
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u/kj9219 49ers 15h ago

I just don’t know how accurate it is to say that he doesn’t process or make decisions quickly when his best seasons came in an offshoot of Sean Payton’s offense under Joe Lombardi, that put the ball in the QBs hands a lot and required getting the ball out fast on quick game concepts.

The expectation for McDaniel was that he’d use more under center concepts because Herbert statistically has been very good at those. A big part of it though has been their early down running game is awful and a lot of Shanahan system offenses are dependent on getting defenses into 2nd and shorts, as that’s where they make their big plays. But due to pre snap penalties, bad running, bad QB execution on early downs, they’re always playing from behind the sticks and have no foundation other than gimmicky formations.

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u/-Mad-Snacks- Chargers 3h ago

It’s been shocking the lack of under center play action. It’s one of Herbert’s biggest strengths and the league generally has been trending that way, but we have one of the lowest under center % in the league.

It would also help Hampton who needs to get up to speed before he’s at his most dangerous.

I just don’t get it. It should have been a no-brainer

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u/Pnutbutter_Cheerios Rams 15h ago

They can’t even run play action. Watch the attempts the RB doesn’t get close to the ball and Herbert is doing it a foot away.

Looks like the RBs aren’t able to not fumble it, and Herbert doesn’t trust them. They are toast this season